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base “is the slave that pays,” HENRY V., ii. 1. 93. This appears to have been a proverbial expression (Compare, in Heywood's Fair Maid of the West, “My motto shall be, Base is the man that paies.” Second Part, sig. L 2, ed. 1631) .

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